Intlanganiso esebenzayo yabaphathiswa baseAfrika ihanjiswe nguMbutho weHlabathi wezoKhenketho (UNWTO) kulo nyaka iBerlin International Tourism Fair ITB (8 Matshi) ivumile ukuqhubela phambili ngamanqaku alishumi amatsha. UNWTO I-Ajenda yeAfrika. Uxwebhu lokugqibela luya kwamkelwa UNWTO Indibano yeKomishoni ye-Afrika, eqhubeka eNigeria kweyeSilimela kulo nyaka.
Ngokuchasene nemvelaphi yokufika kwabakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe esanda nge-8% e-Afrika ngo-2017, ngaloo ndlela ikhula ngaphezu kwe-avareji yokunyuka kwehlabathi ekufikeni, ukhenketho lufumana ubunzima njengethuba lophuhliso lwelizwekazi lonke, kunye nokwahlukana okukhulu kwendalo, inkcubeko kunye nezilwanyana zasendle kuphuhliso.
UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele uZurab Pololikashvili wagxininisa ukuba "ukhenketho lunamandla amakhulu okuvelisa amathuba ophuhliso ahlala ixesha elide e-Afrika ukuba silawula ngendlela efanelekileyo, ezinzileyo kwezoqoqosho, ezentlalo kunye nokusingqongileyo".
Abathathi-nxaxheba abasuka kumazwe ali-17, kuquka abaphathiswa abali-14, baxhase indlela elungelelanisiweyo yokuthimba amandla okhenketho elizwekazi, icandelo elithe kulo nyaka uphelileyo latsala abakhenkethi bamazwe ngamazwe abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-62. Imiba kwi UNWTO I-Ajenda ye-Afrika ibandakanya, phakathi kwezinye izinto, uqhagamshelwano, umfanekiso kunye nophawu lweAfrika, ukunciphisa intlupheko, ukutshintsha kwemozulu, imfundo nophuhliso lwezakhono, kunye nenkxaso-mali. Abathunywa bakugxininise ukubaluleka kokufundisa amanye amacandelo ezoqoqosho ngefuthe elibanzi lokhenketho ukuze kuxhamle uluntu kunye nabantu balo, kunye nokukhuthaza ukhenketho njengento ephambili kwi-ajenda yesizwe.
Inkcukacha, iminyaka emine UNWTO I-Ajenda ye-Afrika iya kuvunywa kwiKomishoni yeNgingqi ye-61 ezayo ye-Afrika - UNWTOIndibano yonyaka yawo onke amazwe angamalungu elizwekazi-kwikomkhulu laseNigeria i-Abuja (4-6 Juni).
La mazwe alandelayo ayemelwe kwintlanganiso ye-ITB: iAngola, iCape Verde, iCameroon, iCongo, iCôte d’Ivoire, i-Ethiopia, iGambia, iKenya, iMadagascar, iMali, iMauritius, iMorocco, iMozambique, iNigeria, iSudan, iZambia, neZimbabwe.
